Joanlee Ferrara: Teacher, friend and respected artist. In her memory, her family has donated the paintings below to Villa Duchesne, where she taught happily for so many years, and the alumnae association to which both she and her daughter belonged. Browse the pictures and descriptions below. To bid on a painting, put a comment below it on this site or send an email to elferrara@yahoo.co.uk. We will award the paintings to the highest bids at 3:30pm on Saturday, 12 March, the date of Joanlee's memorial service.

All proceeds will go to fund art education at Villa Duchesne.

Saturday 19 February 2011

In the village of Chester

Framed. 14" x 16". OK, I admit it. This one is a rather strange, psychedelic vision unless you have the context. In the past decade the city of Chesterfield has invested in public art, including the red bicycles in front of the strip malls in The Valley, the grazing metal horses beside Edison Avenue and the rather creepy but very impressive awakening giant who's pushing out of the ground next to the library. (Those are his hands in the center of the picture.) Mom did this for a Chesterfield art show celebrating all the sculpture; it's a great piece for anyone who lives in the area.

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